[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 265 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 265

 Commending the Florida State University football team for winning the 
      1999 Division 1-A collegiate football national championship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2000

     Mr. Mack (for himself and Mr. Graham) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Commending the Florida State University football team for winning the 
      1999 Division 1-A collegiate football national championship.

Whereas Florida State University is a proud member of the Atlantic Coast 
        Conference;
Whereas Florida State University has previously won the Division 1-A collegiate 
        football national championship in 1993;
Whereas the students, alumni, and supporters of Florida State University are to 
        be commended for the dedication, enthusiasm, and admiration they share 
        for their favorite football team;
Whereas Florida State University has one of the most exciting, prolific, and 
        successful college football programs in the country;
Whereas Florida State University's football team won the 1999 Atlantic Coast 
        Conference championship in football and finished the season undefeated 
        and untied with a record of 12-0;
Whereas Florida State University is to be commended for being the first Division 
        1-A collegiate football team to be ranked number one the entire season 
        by the Associated Press since the preseason rankings began in 1950;
Whereas Florida State University has won 108 football games between 1990 and 
        1999, more than any other Division 1-A college football team in the 
        Nation during this period;
Whereas Florida State University should be commended for extending their NCAA 
        record streak of top-four finishes in the final Associated Press poll to 
        13 years in a row, the only Division 1-A college football team to have 
        accomplished this feat;
Whereas Bobby Bowden, Florida State University's legendary head football coach, 
        is to be commended for surpassing the 300-victory plateau this year and 
        for obtaining his first perfect season in 40 years as a head coach;
Whereas Florida State University is to be commended for having 20 of its 
        football players selected to the 1999 All Atlantic Coast Conference 
        football team;
Whereas Florida State University is to be commended for having 4 of its football 
        players honored as 1999 Consensus All-Americans;
Whereas the 1999 Florida State University football team played and beat 
        Louisiana Tech University, 41 to 7; Georgia Tech University, 41 to 35; 
        North Carolina State University, 42 to 11; University of North Carolina, 
        42 to 10; Duke University, 51 to 23; University of Miami, 31 to 21; Wake 
        Forest University, 33 to 10; Clemson University, 17 to 14; University of 
        Virginia, 35 to 10; University of Maryland, 49 to 10; and University of 
        Florida, 30 to 23;
Whereas Florida State University played Virginia Tech University in the Bowl 
        Championship Series' Nokia Sugar Bowl on January 4, 2000, for the 1999 
        Division 1-A collegiate football national championship;
Whereas the Virginia Tech University football team and Head Coach Frank Beamer 
        and his staff are to be commended for an outstanding football season, 
        winning the 1999 Big East Conference football championship and for 
        playing in the 1999 Division 1-A collegiate football national 
        championship game;
Whereas Florida State University beat Virginia Tech by the score of 46 to 29 
        before a sold-out and electrified crowd of 79,280 in the Louisiana 
        Superdome to win the 1999 Division 1-A college football championship; 
        and
Whereas Florida State University now joins an elite group of only 14 Division 1-
        A collegiate football teams out of 114 Division 1-A universities which 
        have won at least 2 or more Division 1-A collegiate football national 
        championships: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends Florida State University for winning the 1999 
        Division 1-A collegiate football national championship;
            (2) recognizes the achievements of all the players, 
        coaches, and support staff who were instrumental in helping 
        Florida State University win the 1999 Division 1-A collegiate 
        football national championship and invites them to the United 
        States Capitol Building to be honored;
            (3) requests that the President recognize the 
        accomplishments and achievements of the 1999 Florida State 
        University football team and invite them to Washington, D.C. 
        for the traditional White House ceremony held for national 
        championship teams; and
            (4) directs the Secretary of the Senate to make available 
        enrolled copies of this resolution to Florida State University 
        for appropriate display and to transmit an enrolled copy of the 
        resolution to each coach and member of the 1999 Division 1-A 
        collegiate national championship football team.
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